This election is bigger than ovaries and pigment.
We have a nation at stake.
An entire nation filled with men, women, children, whites, asians, blacks, latinos, handicapped, veterans, gay folks, straight folks and all the myriad of other people I've undoubtedly offended by not including them in a category.
Let me say it again.
We are a nation, at stake. At a crossroads, at the tipping point. Five alarms ringing. PERIL.
If I hear one more argument for or against a candidate based on things like gender and race, I am packing my shit and leaving the planet Earth.
*crickets*
Okay, I realize I'm being dramatical in nature, but my point is this....
It is so easy...EASY to hang your vote on someone's genitals. Okay, that was extreme, but you get it. It is EASY to make this about voting for a black man as some sort of "payback" on the oppression of America. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. I am sick of the arguments about one candidates ability or inability to be a good leader that are founded in pigment and ovaries. This is about so much more than that. This election is about so much more than black redemption and feminism. Because I have news for you. If either one of these candidates are elected:
1. Racism will still be alive and thriving in this county and around the world.
2. Gender bias will still be alive and thriving in this country and around the world.
Selecting either of these candidates is not the magic solution to such problems. I'd love it if it was that simple. But none of our issues around discrimination have ever been that easy to solve. And electing either Barack or Hillary will not, I repeat, will NOT solve that. It will make a point, true...but my point is...
Our nations state is about far more than these two notable distinctions.
This is not a post to steer anyone. I have made my choice as I know many people have, and I respect that. But please...please...please...I beseech you...
make your choice by doing research, asking questions, doing equal and balanced homework, digging deep and thinking beyond just what is immediately annoying to you. If you can do that, and select a candidate you feel passionately about without being blind to what the other candidates potentially bring and take from the table - then you have my respect, hell...my blessings, no matter who you vote for. You know I'm all about the feeling yall, but not when you're not doing any thinking to go along with it.
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2.) I'm terrified that the only way the Dems will win is with a Unity ticket, only no one will have the balls/ovaries to swallow his/her pride and make it happen
Beseech is an awesome word!
And I wish people would make more informed voting choices than just looking at a candidate's skin or chromosomes. That goes for the people who vote against black and female candidates, too!
I also wish they would look past a candidates political affiliation, too. Every time I hear someone say we must elect a Democrat/liberal this time, because Republicans/conservatives suck so much ya know, I get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach.
Kidding aside, great post and I'm in complete agreement.
:-)
(All statements in this comment are mine alone and a lil' bit Dewitte's based on our own actual research and reading.)
Great post.
And I'm terribly sorry that I can't get a certain mental image out of my head because of "It is so easy...EASY to hang your vote on someone's genitals."
Sort of like hanging chads but different. (There is no cure for what I have in my head, in case you were wondering.)